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Oct 25, 1154
The start of the House of Plantagenet
House of Plantagenet, also called house of Anjou or Angevin dynasty , royal house of England, which reigned from 1154 to 1485 and provided 14 kings, 6 of whom belonged to the cadet houses of Lancaster and York. The royal line descended from the union between Geoffrey, count of Anjou, and the empress Matilda, daughter of the English king Henry I. -
Jul 17, 1453
English defeat at Castillon
The English were defeated at the battle of Castillon. This French victory marked the end of the Hundred Years' War and meant England lost control of all land in France except Calais. -
May 22, 1455
Start of The Wars of The Roses
The Wars of The Roses start in England between the Lancasters and the Yorks. The Duke of York was met by Henry VI's forces at St. Albans. -
Aug 22, 1485
End of The Wars of The Roses / Start of the Tudor Dynasty
The Battle of Bosworth Field was the last significant battle in the War of the Roses. It was won by Henry Tudor, leader of the Lancastrians. Richard III, the last King of the House of York was killed in the Battle. -
Aug 22, 1485
The start of the House of Tudor
The House of Tudor, an English royal dynasty, gave five sovereigns to England: Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509); his son, Henry VIII (1509–47); followed by Henry VIII’s three children, Edward VI (1547–53), Mary I (1553–58), and Elizabeth I (1558–1603). The Tudor dynasty was marked by Henry VIII’s break with the papacy in Rome (1534) and the beginning of the English Reformation, which, after turns and trials, culminated in the establishment of the Anglican church under Elizabeth I. -
Apr 21, 1509
The start of the Reign of Henry VIII
Henry VIII succeeded Henry VII and married 6 different wives during his reign, in search of a male heir. He separated the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church during the reformation. He was succeeded by his male heir, Edward VI. -
May 24, 1550
The first recorded reference of Cricket
The earliest definite reference to cricket being played comes from evidence given at a 1598 court case which mentions that "creckett" was played on common land in Guildford around 1550. -
Jan 1, 1568
Bottled Beer
Bottled Beer is first produced in Hertfordshre by Dr Alexander Nowell, a Church of England rector. -
Jan 1, 1573
Founding of Queen Elizabeth's School
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet is a boys' grammar school in Barnet, north London, which was founded in 1573 by Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester and others, in the name of Queen Elizabeth I. The original Tudor building, known as Tudor Hall, was erected in 1577 opposite the Church of St John the Baptist on Wood Street, with money raised by the first governors of the school and by collections in London churches. It was repaired in 1597 and again in 1637. -
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
The English defeated all 130 ships of the Spanish Armada. The Spanish Armada was led by the Duke of Medina Sidonia with an aim to overthrow Elizabeth I. -
The Gunpowder Plot
The failed assassination attempt against James I, where conspirators led by Robert Catesby planted gunpowder underneath parliament. The plot was revealed to the authorities in an anonymous letter sent to William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, on 26 October 1605. During a search of the House of Lords at about midnight on 4 November 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder—enough to reduce the House of Lords to rubble—and arrested. -
Start of the Eleven Years' Tyranny
After the assassination of the Duke of Buckingham and the dissolution of the 1629 Parliament, King Charles resolved never to call a Parliament again. The eleven-year period of the King's Personal Rule (1629-40) was described by his enemies as the "Eleven Year Tyranny".
